PhD Student Atif Kukaswadia has been taking pictures throughout the National Obesity Summit, where you can see some of the students, clinicians, and researchers taking part in the conference. The whole batch can be found here.

Paul Boisvert has been taking video interviews with some of the researchers and award winners from the conference, some of which I have already embedded here on the blog. For all of Paul’s videos, click here.

Last night the Canadian Obesity Network held a student video competition. Our entry from Ottawa is embedded below, and you can find all of the entries here.

I *think* that is everything that has been posted in the past two days from participants in the National Obesity Summit here in Montreal. If I’ve missed anything please let me know. There has been a tremendous amount of discussion on twitter during the conference as well, which you can read in real-time by following the #con11 hashtag, or simply by clicking here (even if you’re not on twitter).

About Travis Saunders, Phd, MSc, CEP

Travis Saunders has a PhD in Human Kinetics, and is currently an Assistant Professor in Applied Human Science. His research focuses on the relationship between sedentary time (e.g. sitting) and chronic disease risk in both children and adults. He is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist and (former) competitive distance runner. You can connect with him on Twitter @TravisSaunders.

About the Authors

Peter Janiszewski has a PhD in clinical exercise physiology. He's a medical writer/editor, a published obesity researcher, university lecturer, and an avid traveler. You can connect with Peter on Twitter. For more information please visit his website.

Travis Saunders has a PhD in Human Kinetics, and is an Assistant Professor in Applied Human Science. His research focuses on the relationship between sedentary time (e.g. sitting) and chronic disease risk in both children and adults. He is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist and competitive distance runner. You can connect with Travis on Twitter and Google+.

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